180 girls drop out of Iganga schools
Aug 04, 2010
A total of 187 girls have dropped out of school in Iganga district this year as a result of early pregnancies and marriages.
By Moses Bikala
A total of 187 girls have dropped out of school in Iganga district this year as a result of early pregnancies and marriages.
Speaking at a parents teachers’ annual general meeting at Busembatya Secondary School, the district education officer, Menyha Muzamiru, said most of the girls were lured into sex by lustful men, who offer them cheap gifts like sweets and cakes.
Muzamiru urged parents to support school programmes as a way of uplifting the academic standards of the district, pointing out that most parents simply ignore school plans and later blame teachers for poor performance.
He also advised them to embrace government programmes on poverty eradication as a way of raising their household income.
Muzamiru hailed the administration of Busembatya for their good academic performance in the last two years.
The headteacher, Janet Magoola, said the challenges of the double-shift system in the school included students coming late, loitering outside school and ending up in video halls.
Others are inadequate furniture and facilities in the science department.
Magoola said the school would benefit from a sh467m grant from the World Bank. The money is to be used to construct six classroom blocks.
She said the funds would also help in the construction of a library block and two pit-latrines of five stances each.
Magoola added that the school intended to construct a computer centre and purchase a school van in the next three years.
She hailed the Government for supporting the school.
A total of 187 girls have dropped out of school in Iganga district this year as a result of early pregnancies and marriages.
Speaking at a parents teachers’ annual general meeting at Busembatya Secondary School, the district education officer, Menyha Muzamiru, said most of the girls were lured into sex by lustful men, who offer them cheap gifts like sweets and cakes.
Muzamiru urged parents to support school programmes as a way of uplifting the academic standards of the district, pointing out that most parents simply ignore school plans and later blame teachers for poor performance.
He also advised them to embrace government programmes on poverty eradication as a way of raising their household income.
Muzamiru hailed the administration of Busembatya for their good academic performance in the last two years.
The headteacher, Janet Magoola, said the challenges of the double-shift system in the school included students coming late, loitering outside school and ending up in video halls.
Others are inadequate furniture and facilities in the science department.
Magoola said the school would benefit from a sh467m grant from the World Bank. The money is to be used to construct six classroom blocks.
She said the funds would also help in the construction of a library block and two pit-latrines of five stances each.
Magoola added that the school intended to construct a computer centre and purchase a school van in the next three years.
She hailed the Government for supporting the school.